This development was announced in a statement issued by the migration agency on Wednesday in Lagos.
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Ambassador Kabiru Musa, Charge D’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement.
The IOM said another 319,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries, Egypt, Sudan’s northern neighbour, took in the largest share of the refugees, with more than 132,000 people.
Fatima Muhammad, a widow and mother of two, said she travelled to Algeria to seek for greener pastures with her kids
The IOM top official said this at sensitisation programme held at Dover Hotel, Lekki in Lagos State on Monday.
Amb. Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’affaires en titre, of the Nigerian Mission to Libya, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Monday, in Abuja.
The title of the programme, which will be held over two weeks, is: “Media and Migration from the Global South.”
Kabiru Musa, Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Kabiru Musa, Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that “Sideline” is about Moses, a former Premier League player from Nigeria, who after sustaining serious injuries, went into scouting for aspiring young Africans to play in Europe.
Cyprne Cheptepkeny, the Project Officer, Awareness Raising, IOM, made this known during a town hall meeting to promote safe migration in Benin, Edo State.
The event, which was chaired by Prof. Patrick Lumumba from Kenya, accommodated virtual participants.
DR. Mamoud Kamara, Regional Head of IDB in Nigeria, who led the delegation, disclosed this in Abuja during a strategic meeting with the Chairman/CEO, NIDCOM, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
Migration globally shapes the economies of nations with direct impacts on both internal and external investments. With Nigeria as one of the key beneficiaries of diasporas remittances, the Nigeria Immigration Service’s dynamic policies over the years have been a major boost facilitating ease of business in that direction.
“The tragedy that occurred is a smuggling warehouse in Mezda, near the city of Gharyan, southwest of Tripoli where a group of migrants were being held. Eleven migrants who sustained severe injuries have been rushed to the hospital,” the IOM said in a statement.
More than 200 illegal immigrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast, said the International Organisation for Migration.
The International Organisation for Migration and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission have expressed readiness to work together on Diaspora matters.
The International Organisation for Migration in Libya on Thursday said a shipwreck is believed to have taken place in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, and dozens feared dead,
The International Organisation for Migration on Tuesday embarked on a cross-border roadshow to sensitise people in West African coasts on the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card.
At least 43 migrants have drowned after two boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organisation for Migration said on Wednesday.